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Abstract:
This project strives to develop combustion strategies engines
that produce low levels of engine out emissions while maintaining
an acceptable engine efficiency. Tight control over engine conditions
allows for detailed investigation into combustion behavior. Additionally,
this engine test platform allows for precise testing of catalyst
aftertreatment systems in conjunction with newly developed combustion
strategies.
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Clean
Diesel Technology
Single Cylinder Test Cell
Background:
A
contributing member of the General Motors Collaborative Research
Laboratories - Engine Systems Research (GMCRL-ESR),
the Clean Diesel Technology Single Cylinder Test Cell is used
to investigate fundamental combustion behavior with the end
goal of developing emissions compliant diesel engines.
Researchers:
Dennis Assanis
Zoran Filipi
Stani
Bohac
Andrew Ickes
Sponsors:
General Motors |
| What
work is being done:
The specific research task for this test cell is to investigate
different fuels with a specific set of properties to ascertain
their effect on newly developed combustion strategies and different
aftertreatment systems. Included in the fuels to be tested are
diesel fuel alternatives that may become mainstream fuels in the
future: Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuels, biodiesel blends, and
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